I am a windup toy. Simply press this button and my teeth will chatter across the table. Flip this switch and I will dance haphazardly through the room. Just twist this pin in my back and I will jump for your amusement. I am a dispensary for cheap laughs for those who have acquired a…
Emergence and Progression
In Jesper Juul’s paper, Juul attempts to categorize games into two basic groups: progressive and emergence. Personally, I have relatively little knowledge of games despite watching hours upon hours of gameplay in a variety of different game genres ranging from Minecraft to Outlast to Sims 4. Watching others play the games rather than playing the…
Master and Boil
Paula Bernstein published an essay in which she attempts to tease out a concrete definition of a rather slippery term: video essay. Within the essay, she reaches out to video essayists in an effort to form a cohesive definition from those who actively practice the craft. The opinion Bernstein collected from Max Winter, Editor-in-Chief of…
Ira Glass and Failure
Ira Glass, a public radio legend, penned a lengthy manifesto describing the evolution of his relationship with writing for the radio over the span of his career as well as some guiding words for those tempted to take up the craft. I found his thoughts on failure and resilience in creative works to be particularly…
Photography and a Girl with a Dog
Phil Hall compiled a list of rules regarding photography and what makes a good, striking image. I have never considered myself to be a photographer in any way, shape, or form, unlike every other girl my age who was given a camera for Christmas. I do, however, have a dog. A very cute dog, in…
Hello World. It’s blog time.
This blog is to be used for “Elements of Media Making,” a class taught by Professor Brett Boessen. That may change by the time the class is over. Go Roos.
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